18th June 1966: The Race That Rewrote The Rules Part 8

The eighteenth of June spans nearly ninety years of Le Mans history, and four races that couldn't be more different from each other.In 1927, a Bentley crippled in a multi-car crash raced through the night on one headlamp, chasing a lead it had no right to close. In 1966, Ford arrived with the most dominant team in the race's history — and still managed to deny their best driver the win he had earned. In 2005, a privateer French team outpaced everyone and almost pulled off one of the great upsets. And in 2016, Le Mans broke Toyota's heart one more time.Cover image: Ford GTs Win LeMans 1966 by Michael CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 LinkSend us Fan MailMusic by #Mubert Music Rendering